Building construction



Sept. 13, 1932. F. s. CROWHURST BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed April 9,1.923

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ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 13, 19 32 UNITED FRANK scor'r caownuns'r; or Los\ANGELES, CALIFORNIA v BUILDI G oonsriaucrlon Application-filed April 9,

My invention relates to building construction, and more particularly tofurrlngstrips, and is referred tolherein' as an improvement upon theform of my invention shown and described in'my co-pending applicationfor U. S. Letters Patent for Building construc-' tion, Serial No.257,366, filed February 27, 1928. y

My invention is essentially directed to a new, novel and useful furringstrip, and;

it will adapt itself torelative movements be:

tween the studs and a plastic wall surface of which the furring stripisan incidental or coacting element of said wall surface, thereby insuringthe strength of the wall and'pre-' venting cracking. thereof duringsettling periods or by virtue of climatic changes;

A further object of my invention is to pro-' vide novelpositively-functioning means. for

attaching the furring material to the studding, which said means can bequickly driven into the individual. studs as the furring ma--. terial isheld in position,

Another important object of the invention in conjunction with myimproved furring.

strip is a co-acting connecting device or fastcning whichrcan be appliedtoflthe stud by" an unskilled person.

v A still further object of the invention is to provide, an attachingdevice for'the' furring which can be driven into position by "onestanding in front of thematerial and without any necessity of any guesswork as to its point of application tothe studding.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a View inhorizontal section through a portion of a wallconstruction showing the, furring strip attached to the studs; p j

Figure 2 is a similar view on an-exaggerated or enlargedscale ofaportion of, the furring strip attachedtoa stud; V

Figure 3 is a view in. front elevation of a portion of the furringstrip;

1928 Serial No. 268,704.

Figuref is a of Fig- IQ i Figure 5 is a perspective view of thefastening orattaching device;

Figure 6, is a View similar to Figure 5 of a further form of attachingdevice; and V y Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 6 of a stillfurther form offastening device.

On reference to Figure 3, it is observed that the furring strip is ofthetype'made upfof" equidistantly space'daapart horizontal wires 10 andVertical equidistantly spaced-apart wires '11, the associationofthelatter with the former beingsuch that fabric is provided with relativelylarge rectangular interstices 12. The horizontal wires 10 are allformed: with inwardly offset U branches 13, the same including a longlead 1 1' disposed in parallel? section on line ism with the body orfront face of the lathingv. .7

strip, and connecting end portions'l5, 15, it being preferred that thesaid end portions extend at right angles to the front face of, thefurring strip. In practice, it is'found suitable for my purpose that theportions 15 pos-' sess a length of about five-sixteenths of anv inch andthat 'the lengthof the lead 14 bejapproximately three inches. Thisallows ample clearance between an applied wall surface which I willsubsequently refer to and the studs that will prevent any rough plasterfrom in any way interfering with the action of my invention whenapplied. a p In Figure lit'isobser'ved that the U- shaped portions 13are arranged in spacedapart vertical rows so that one row will co-incidewith a respective stud with which itis associated and wherein the leads14 traverse in horizontal directions the front face of the stud.Injorder that my improved furring strip, when applied tothe studs A,Figures 1 and 2, may be free to compensateitself for any relativemovement set up in the studs or any stresses transferred thereto throughusual causes, I provide a fastening or co'nnector'16, the-same beingstaple-like and pro-' vided with legs 17, 17, adapted to straddle the Ylead 14 and to be driven into the stud, and as illustrated these legsare joined together-by a loop 18 which, when the legs '17 are fullyapplied, receives the lead 1 1 in embracing rela' 14 of the furringstrip, the short terminal 22 tionship thereto butwith clearance betweenthe walls of the loop and the exterior annular surface of said lead, asshown in Figure 4.

In this manner, it manifestly follows that the connection between thestud and thefurring strip is flexible and that there is provision madefor movements between the furring and its studs forsatisfyin'g movementsin' all di rections," preferably movements in a horizon 'tal direction.7

In Figure 2,:I have illustrated a wall surface B applied in thecustomary manner to its lath C, the latter connected at Din any suitablewell-known manner with the fur: ring material. wall surfaceso that itwill positively accommodate itself to any movements in the frame of thebuilding so as to avoid the formation of cracks in the surface and toadequately 1nsure the surface against und'ue'damage.

" In Figure 6 the fastening 19 has a shank 20 adapted to be driven intoa stud andthe said shank may be of a flexible wire type wherein it maybebent over at 21 to form a loop for thereception of the aforestatedlead of the loop preferably formed with a fiat head 23 adapted to comeagainstan adjacentsurface-of the stud when the fastening is fullyapplied. The loop is proportionedso as to give clearance between itswalls and the annular surface of the lead 14 from one end of. thelatterto the other, as is also the casein the" preferred embodiment of -myinvention. fFigure 7 shows a'still modified form of fals teningconsisting of a pointed 1 shank 2 4 adapted to be driven into a stud'andatone endthe shank'is formed with a driving head 25 which, when struckwith a hammer or other suitable tool, will cause the point of thefastening to find proper purchase with its joist. As an integral part ofthe head 25', .I have shown a branch arm 26 whichterminates in asupplemental spur 27'of short length as' compared with the length of thei shank 24. f This is adapted to be driven slighttween all surfaces ofthe loop thus formed 1y into thejoist and to stop when the sho'ul'- der28 thereof reaches the stud. In this way,

the sp ace'under the head 25 functions as a loop 'andthere is apermanent clearance ber and the coacting lead 24 of the furring stripwhich passes through the loop.

I do not wish to be'limited to any particu lar form of fasteningwhencarrying the invention into practice, as I am primarily concerned withthe form of furring in association with any suitable well-known meansthat willalford a way of setting up freedom of ac- ,3 tion betweenthestuds and the furring strip when the latter is applied, all in orderthat the aforementioned relative movements between these parts may bepositively accommodated without in any way affecting an ap-.plied'plasticwall surface. f

I have now suspended the- I claim as my invention:

"1. Furring material having portions ofii set from the plane of the bodyof the material and adapted to come against the studs of a buildingframe, and means for loosely attaching the material to the studs atthesaid offset portions, thereby permitting the studs and the materialtomove relatively when the furring material is incorporated with a plasticwall surface,

- 2. 'Furring material having interstices defined partly by straightportions of the ma teri'al, andmeans adapted to be attached to the studsof a building frame and having loops to freely'receive said straightportions and. to permit of a relative lateral movement of the portionswithrespect to the loops when thematerial is attached toithe studs.

. 3 Furring material having interstices defined partly straight portionsof the materiahand means adapted to be attached'to' the studsof;..a;building frame and having loops to freely receive said straightportions and to permit of a relative movement of the portions withrespect to. the loops when the material is attached to the studs, thesaid 7' straight portions being offset in one direction awayfrom theplane of the bodyof the material. t I

4. Inlbuilding construction, frame studs; a plastic wall surface;fur-ring to which said wall surface is secured; and loopmeans'secured tothe studs and loosely connecting the.

furring to the studs to permit movement of the studs relative to thewall surface.

5. In building construction, means for establishing a flexibleconnection between furring material and the'studs of a building frame,comprising furring material having portions traversing the studs andspaced apart from the body of the material, and pointed devicesconnected with the studs and having loops freely receiving'saidtraversing portions for movements therein.

6.. Furrmg meanscomprlslng a spaced apart pairs of laterally projectingbranches and a portion connecting each pair of branches, disposedparallel to and offset from the planeof the strip, andan attachingdevice having a head loosely receiving the connecting portion of the'strip,and a shank length of bendable material bent at intervals toprovide capable of being driven into astud or joist to secure the stripthereto yet permit limited movement'of the stud relative to the stripfrom the latter, while permitting relative movement between the studdingand furring to prevent fracture of the plaster.

8. Wall construction comprising studding; furring; plaster carryinglathing secured to the furring with the plaster spaced from the latter;and a loose connection between the studcling and furring coacting withthe latter to support the furring from the studding and enabling thestudding to move relative to the furring to prevent fracture of theplaster.

FRANK SCOTT CROWHURST;

